How to Get to Tiger Leaping Gorge from Lijiang

→A is for Lijiang and B for Tiger Leaping Gorge

Where is Tiger Leaping Gorge?

Tiger Leaping Gorge （虎跳峡）is located in 100 km (62 miles) northwest of Lijiang, Hutiaoxia Town, Shangri-La County 674402, China. Tiger Leaping Gorge, famous for its "risk", is one of the deepest canyons gorges in China, and it has the best hiking trail in the Lijiang area. How to get to Tiger Leaping Gorge from Lijiang? Visitors can get to Tiger Leaping Gorge by private transfer, public transport, bus and taxi.

How to Get to Tiger Leaping Gorge form Lijiang?

By Private Transfer Services via Top China Travel

How to get to Tiger Leaping Gorge from Lijiang by private car? Foreign visitors can rent a car with an experienced driver and a English-speaking tour guide from a travel agency. By this way, the trip will be more comfortable and flexible for you, but the expense is a little expensive. Top China Travel can offer the car-renting of transfer service for our clients if you like.

By Public Transport on Your Own

Also, you can go there by public transport. How to get to Tiger Leaping Gorge from Lijiang by pulic bus? Visitors can take non-stop buses at Lijiang Transport Service Center Bus Station(丽江客运站:located at No. 25, Kangzhong road, Gucheng District, Lijiang City) to get to Qiaotou County(Chinese: 桥头镇), also known as Hutiaoxia County(虎跳峡镇), where is the upper Tiger Leap Gorge located at. Go from Lijiang Transport Service Center Bus Station (丽江客运站) to Hutiaoxia county(虎跳峡镇）/also named Qiaotou county (桥头镇), then go to Tiger Leaping Gorge from Hutiaoxia County. It takes 2 hours for one way.

Bus Schedules from Lijiang to Hutiaoxia County 虎跳峡镇

There are only two buses depart for Hutiaoxia county every day. The bus leaves at 8:00 am & 8:30 am and the journey takes about 2 hours in the medium-sized bus. Occasionally there will one more bus added to the schedule when it is holiday time and more buses are demanded. Below is a time table including ticket fares information regarding to the buses schedule from Lijiang to Hutiaoxia County for your reference. (This information is updated to 2019-5-7)

Take a Taxi Lfit from Hutiaoxia County to Tiger Leaping Gorge

After you have arrived Hutiaoxia County, it is common that there will be many taxi drivers and minivan drivers waiting at the station trying to sell you a lift to the Tiger Leaping Gorge from town. In this case, these private drivers are convenient options because there is only about 12 kilometers from the Tiger Leaping Gorger from here and these lifts are more flexible than waiting and getting on another bus. The short journey will take about half an hour and the cost will be around 20 to 50 yuan depending how well you are good at bargain and are you sharing the taxi with some other passengers.

How to get to Lijiang Transport Service Center Bus Staion(丽江客运站)?

Lijiang Transport Service Center Bus Station(丽江客运站) is located at No. 25, Kangzhong road, Gucheng District, Lijiang City.

►By bus from downtown

Get to Bus station from city centre by bus No.8, 16, 19, 22. Make sure you only pay for going to Hutiaoxia County if you plan to hike the upper gorge. They might sell you a more expensive ticket to "Tiger Leaping Gorge" but that would take you past the start of the trail.

►By taxi from train station

If you are arriving in Lijiang by train, it is only a 15yuan-taxi-ride to get to the center bus station from train station. Try to avoid the private minivans waiting in the train station parking lot that will ask for ¥400-¥500 to drive you directly to Hutiaoxia County. Go to center bus station from train station by public bus is too complicated for a visitor with language barrier so you don't recommend go there by buses.

Travel Guide

【Highlights】 The Tiger Leaping Gorge hiking route is one of the world's top ten classic entry-level hiking routes. It is not difficult, and there are inns for accommodation and food along the way. It includes the upper, middle and lower Tiger Leaping Gorge and the high road treking route.

【Best Travel Time】 Tiger Leaping Gorge is suitable for visiting in all year around. But if you want to hike in the gorge, the rainy season from June to September is the most dangerous time to hike. Tiger Leaping Gorge is prone to mudslides and rockfalls in the mountains. You'd better avoid the rainy season. The best time to hike may be in the months of April, May, October, November

【Opening hour for visiting】 09:00 am- 6:00 pm

【Recommended time to visit】 2~3h for sightseeing; 2 days for trekking

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